IT would be difficult to find in history a more colossal, unnecessary boo-boo than President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. congratulating, as his X post put it, "President-elect Lai Ching-te on his election as Taiwan's next president."

That has rankled China so much that a Chinese Embassy official remarked: "This will have consequences." He didn't elaborate, but sources in the diplomatic community agreed that a drastic response from China can be expected.

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